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ing, extreme margin black. Sternum black. Abdomen above 

 light-browu witli gray isli -white markings that form a large spot 

 at each antero-lateral angle, a pair of large spots just anterior 

 to the middle, and a series of four broad, zigzag arches across 

 the posterior dorsum ; the brown forms on the anterior half of 

 the dorsum a median band that ends posteriorly notched. Sides 

 gray, streaked posteriorly with oblique brown stripes. Venter 

 yellowish -gray, with a broad transverse band of deep chocolate- 

 brown extending across its entire width and from the lung slits in 

 front almost to the spinnerets behind. Spinnerets yellowish -brown. 

 Chelicera deep reddish-brown with pale yellow hairs superiorly, the 

 supero-lateral prominence also deep reddish-brown. Labium black, 

 maxillce a little lighter. Legs clear reddish-brown, tarsi and meta- 

 tarsi of the first and second darker, patellae of sill legs dark- brown 

 beneath, coxse below nearly as dark as the patellse, indistinct dark 

 rings on the femora. 



Comparisons. — This specimen agrees perfectly with Keyserling's 

 description, except that it is a little larger. 

 17. Lycosa lepida (Keys.). (PI. XXIX, figs. 26, 27.) 



Tarentula lepida Keyserling, 1876. 



Lycosa communis Emerton, 1885. 



Lycosa communis Emerton, Marx, 1889. 



Tarentula lepida Keys., Marx, 1889. 



Lycosa communis Emerton, Stone, 1890. 



Lycosa communis Emerton, Banks, 1893. 



t Lycosa lenta Hentz, 1841. 



? Lycosa erratica Hentz, 1841. 



(Numerous specimens from Philadelphia, Chester county, York 

 Furnace, Pa. ; Pt. Pleasant, N. J. ) 



Eyes. — First row much shorter than the second, its lateral eyes 

 slightly lower. Eyes of the second row more than their diameter 

 apart, not larger than those of the third row. Third row widest, 

 its eyes nearer the second row than each other. Dorsal eye area not 

 more than one-fifth the length of the cephalothorax. 



Form. — Cephalothorax naiTOW, in front less than one-half its 

 greatest transverse diameter, equally high at the middle and at the 

 third pair of eyes. Sternum longer than broad. Chelicera mas- 

 sive, their length nearly twice the height of the head in front. 

 Legs rather slender. 



Dimensions. — Length of cephalothorax, c?, 5.2 mm.; ?, 

 7 mm. 



